Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
MR SP CANAL THORACIC W WO
Pittsburgh, PA
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UPMC Mercy’s median price of $4.1k is 369% above the median hospital's median price ($879), higher than 92% of the 2,649 hospitals reporting CPT 72157. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 31 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $366 | $366 | $9 | 2% | — | $358 – $375 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 3 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $368 | $368 | — | — | — | $368 – $368 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $390 | $390 | — | — | — | $390 – $390 |
| 5 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $503 | $503 | — | — | — | $503 – $503 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $536 | $536 | — | — | — | $536 – $536 |
| 7 | Highmark complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 8 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 9 | Highmark managed care - social mission facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 10 | Aetna neighborhood network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 11 | Aetna home depot employer group facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 12 | Aetna neighborhood network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 13 | Aetna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 14 | Aetna home depot employer group facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 15 | Highmark managed care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 16 | Aetna nbr aso/fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 17 | Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 18 | Aetna ebr fi facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 19 | Aetna ebr fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
| 20 | Aetna ebr aso facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 21 | Aetna ebr aso facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 22 | Cigna new business aso facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.5k | $4.5k | — | — | — | $4.5k – $4.5k |
| 23 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 24 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.8k | $4.8k | — | — | — | $4.8k – $4.8k |
| 25 | Highmark commercial - social mission indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.2k | $5.2k | — | — | — | $5.2k – $5.2k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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